New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-16
HENRY NJ. STANLEYS HA BITS.
Hom IN, H,raa Of H,dlth.

The Hsratd OF H,dNh.
Il am now Urty -ioir years q ass," sail he and
spits OF all the nardsnlps iured upon my travels
!stoas9 The bark Continent have n''er felt better
=" a. And YOU attribute this to what ~
TO the accumulation OF Information on correct hao'
How did you CONS to take II tore.t In tho suocc, r.
:" didn't begin To .tuy health for the sake ~ inc
study. II was III u. conr.o OF special "ok 20. ,'
came to Now-YorR ia 1867 and wos~nt o, Mr James
Gordon Bennett of Ehe Ne'o iork herad to accompany
lenrrh Naplcrs Ipod ton to Abyssinia.' -
Then your education In nsalth laws began y -. a.,
SUBJECT before then It was not deep study ony
saw now much WORK could be dono with SIMPLE nanlt';
1 used no lquor my TODD consisted ~ inrht procuinh
by tho slaughter OF ths cattle OF tho country, anu
common dark tread made from mct ana miik Iva, wac
moi a day III from be ginning until tho cLptdltlon
returned homo Ia Nay 1867. In tho Cr"ton ts'ou'on
1868, also rcprooented Tho Ae'e- org Herad ana ny
health experience was the same. hsd plenty "i pian
food, meats. ryo bread and milk In mo eary pat
1890 wen! TO spain for me herad IL was 'e INNS !"
tue Carlist wal Ny h""'s co"''huea ''''' "'''
. We're you able TO batDe regularly ~
"Cer.aiDly. usnd tspid bath every morning "n 1
spending tlmn In place. and resui fy NJ VIC
eni OF arca have Away; used ,o ,',s trstion
nnneaon Tor tho inning and relief OF Dr. Lyluss,onc
fe"pioysd tsS white men, and 300 natives ons of the
whi men, Shaw, hal boon mate OF nu A'norv'h sup
sni b.. S'ls 3 n.ap 1%t
liquor II WAS the awful consequences n'onuhs 'u Is
.nsSt OF "coaoIic ssimui"nts In Afric.. sent
Farqu ahar forward few miles to FORM camp, anu nd
paving up thu hotel and other bills found tnat ITO su
drank egbtren bottles Of brandy boore starting Inc
eject uI on him WAS stil visible after hal ourneJed
100 miles. He then bsoam- dropscal ana died SHAW
md been helping him to bran ~ nt Zanzbar
He was moro.o ami whrn he could get no more I'LL n
al Unysnysnbe 500 miles march Ills object Was 70 Ina
Nm Opportunity to drink to his hsAra contont OF the
stale ODtsinable tnere heard inst Ne IN urr,u
with tho natives until found Livingstone, IN few
weeks afterwari He lodged ata place wtnin vVt
niea of Zanzibar, to reach which II took mo ega'
months In tho course OF our conversation no s.io,
Wins and nave been the curse OF the wne msS
in Africa BY vine no meant overy ih'oA0"""S
beverage OF tho country" -
"Wws Dr. fiviugs ono a teetotalerF'
what was tue tho fare you were able 70 pro-
euro your way inroush the oOInIy," and milk"
Goat meat. In iisn corn c.ko banana. ana ""A
-Your next eIIe ition to Afric" wasgn,.d ma
1874 Three En-. .hmsn SS .Ssir haIi: to
make that they rsro temperate having ~ onr
sorss tsslve bottles Of pure brandy from zan,oar on
expedition that might have lasted from ,nro srs con-
sumsd for msaeual purposes They dspose OF
In this way: Ono given To tho mon suneins man
PooocE, VINO diod Of u ph"d fever tho ,m1ant asps
him up TOR two weeks tho yo1nss1ns , ,,dsr PocooE
WAS then tho only white man left to mo- IN ne
O. year he and the colorod people consnnd Two ,ss
1smsined. these ws buried at yyanswco, thiasas
that might want them on our retnri TOT We it BE-
not know but that, like Other traveors, wo n sss
drly,n bacr by n.tivo nostiltiss This however w.
no. our and " ., The 70.
i've bottle. Of brandy, for ausntl Know SUI
.fse Who'll. Iimo three and a half years. may nave
taken ton tables poonfuls Of II"
what kind OF food did you use v no,a,oaa
Mutton, bssf goat m.at came: sweet pc!''0'''
pumpkins, bsnsna. peanuts. tea; t S1n'o anu 'H"''
aYss. save When IL fever nine month";, IN ;so
vtIdest parts of Africa sithout symptom Oh "i
This good fortune attribute to the incrso ~ sim ole
edge oonoeruins health hApits. tho Indulgence l" '
food the bath. ana luaieous exercise"
pn. SG so.ssS the end :sn:. Of sSDSas:
biIity disauietsd my mind and Lost Sky ~ncn
IN weirhc When started weighed IoU p.1itv vas
suon that could slsep-no NOT en- arc, it bS
for hours outside the camp. In the nops " "'S'~~
fatigue"